Climate averages 1991–2020

Tshilenge weather
in June.

A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.1°C Daytime mean, June

Average low 15.8°C Night-time mean, June

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

June is a hot month in Tshilenge: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical June (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mwene (128 km away). In June its highs average 31.7°C, 2.6°C warmer than Tshilenge, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshilenge ranks joint 36th of 60 for the warmest June highs and joint 7th of 60 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 60 cities is 29.3°C; Tshilenge is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Tshilenge climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Tshilenge, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	25.9°C18.2°C	18.2°C	274	28.8	12.713 h
February	26.6°C18.3°C	18.3°C	245	25.3	12.512 h
March	26.9°C18.2°C	18.2°C	261	28.1	12.212 h
April	27.9°C18.1°C	18.1°C	103	14.9	11.912 h
May	29.5°C17.6°C	17.6°C	2.9	0.9	11.612 h
June, selected	29.1°C15.8°C	15.8°C	0.2	0.1	11.511 h
July	29.4°C15.5°C	15.5°C	0	0.0	11.512 h
August	31.9°C17.8°C	17.8°C	1.1	0.3	11.812 h
September	32.3°C19.3°C	19.3°C	24	5.3	12.012 h
October	29.9°C18.9°C	18.9°C	112	19.7	12.312 h
November	27.2°C18.3°C	18.3°C	233	27.3	12.613 h
December	26.0°C18.2°C	18.2°C	286	29.2	12.813 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

June in nearby cities

Distance from Tshilenge

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tshilenge) is explained once on the Tshilenge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.